Conard Fissure

It's been a while since we've done a good old-fashioned Pleistocene cave fauna, and there's one more wanting to complete the Big Three of Irvingtonian eastern North America. We've already spent some time with Cumberland Bone Cave and Port Kennedy Bone Cave, so now it's the turn of Conard Fissure in northwestern Arkansas.

An unfortunate snake

There's a lot of stress this time of year. It's also a time when people are often nostalgic about their childhoods. So, to relieve a little stress and appeal to your inner eight-year-old's sense of humor, I present a few paragraphs about an unfortunate fossil snake.